Are you interested in having your corporate website redesigned in 2014? Is this something you are beginning to plan for right now? If you answered yes to these questions, you know the importance of finding the right company for the job. Along with this, you should have some basic ideas of what you are looking to accomplish. When it comes to website design, if you can dream it up it can likely be done. That being said, you have to make important decisions based on your industry, target market, design preferences, and of course, budget. If you are having a difficult time deciding how to move forward, here are five web design infographics that can point you in the right direction:

1. Color Theory. Are you worried about which colors you should be using on your new website? This infographic can go a long way in helping you make the right decision. After all, color is very important in attracting new visitors and making them to spend some time on your website.

2. How do colors affect purchases? The colors you choose for your website could go a long way in affecting whether or not visitors make a purchase. This infographic can help you see which colors you should and should not be using. Have you ever thought about those websites that you go back to in order to purchase something because you feel cozy and comfortable?

3. Do you need a new logo? When redesigning your website, you may realize that you need a new logo as well. If this is the case, now is the time for doing so. There is no point in redesigning your website now, just to find that you need to do the same with your logo shortly thereafter. You might as well kill two birds with one stone.

4. How to choose a typeface. Choosing a typeface is something many people overlook, but is a very important detail when it comes to redesigning your website. There are hundreds of options, so make sure you consider each one.

5. Web design trends for 2013. Although the year has almost come to an end, some of these trends are sure to spill over into the new year. Which ones are you comfortable implementing in your website design? Before you get started with the redesign of your company’s website, check out these five web design infographics.

There is no standard answer to the question but there are a few questions/points you need to clarify before diving into research. In fact the entire research content process is about asking questions, gathering all the facts and keeping your eyes and ears open.

#1 What is the objective of the infographic? Are you trying to inform, persuade your audience or have other target in mind?

#2 What content is available? Have you just released a product/process/service that your audience must know about? Or perhaps, you have a story in mind that needs development from scratch.

#3 How much time, financial & human resources do you have available?

Data research for infographics takes time, is expensive and requires the right skills. Being cheap or going for the “multi-tasking” approach at this level, will compromise the entire process/efforts and is not worth it.

Most organisations opt for professional support in an effort to avoid bias in their content. Having an external team of people working on your infographic will provide a fresh perspective on your content. Who knows? They might come up with questions that you have not thought about yet.

View content research as a pool of knowledge

During the research process you are gathering all the information. You are not analyzing the facts nor building your narrative. The research process needs to answer the basic what/why/where/who/how questions. The more you research, the more questions you will have.

You will come across ideas & facts not so favorable for your side of story. The amount of information discovered can be overwhelming and distracting from the original objective of the infographic.

Content research covers everything: facts, concepts and statistical data. The best infographics provide a balanced amount of facts & statistical data. Break this balance and you will end up with an illustration or junk charts rather than great infographics.

Plus, do not forget researching official sources and give credit where needed!

4 reasons content research makes or breaks your infographic

There is no doubt about the benefits of conducting professional research to create infographics that brings value to your organization. If done right from the start, it avoids headaches in the long run.

#1 Connection to the whole picture. You think you have the best content (story to tell), so does your competitor, so who is right?

Everyone loves a good business story but what do you do when you’re pressed for space or time and can’t write at length. This is where infographics come in.

Infographics are graphic representations of data, information or knowledge, pertaining to an organisation. Its purpose is to present data promptly and comprehensively.

It’s a proven fact that human perception works better with visual aids. Images, illustrations and graphs make written text attractive. They also provide a welcome visual break to an all text narrative.

Infographics are used as an all-encompassing, self-explaining and visually pleasant tool to explain technical (sometimes tedious) business stories. Lately, they have been used as a means of mass communication, because of their simplistic design and ease of understanding.

Infographic communication has been around for years. It was, previously, used to accompany reports and records, as additional information. Nowadays, they are utilised as self-interpreting visual aids, which can explain extensive business text in few infographics.

People’s’ attention spans tend to shift. It’s incredibly difficult to focus on an all-text format, especially when confronted with a lot of information at one stretch. The written word is indispensable and, at times, rather monotonous. Infographics provide a welcome respite to all that.

Infographics are a powerful instrument, that allow people to grasp complicated information, with the help of visual data, judicious use of appealing colours and statistical / graphical figures.

Using something as compelling as infographics is the best way to grab the attention of the target-audiences. This style of presentation, combined with great designs and eye-catching characteristics, help you present a captivating business story and an awesome visual experience.

Infographics can also help you with your content marketing efforts. Content marketing, being an important part of digital marketing, really benefits from graphs and charts. It can really make your content go viral. Statistics show that content with infographics receive 95% more views, compared to simple text.

Communicating via. Infographics also helps you increase the volume of followers or subscribers on social media channels. It has been observed that, well-made graphs received more likes and comments and typically, generate more followers.

Intelligent infographics can also enable you to appear as an expert in your domain because it is evident by the graphical representation of the data, that a lot of research and analysis went into building them. It gives the appearance of Subject Matter Expertise (SME), on the part of the designer.

There is an overflow of both raw and processed data, in the world. There is no such thing as ‘too much information’ these days. It is a little overwhelming to decide which piece of information to act on, or to leave out. Infographics can make this great influx of information, relevant, interesting and educational in nature and design.

It’s no surprise that ‘Seeing is Believing’. Human beings are visual creatures and that’s exactly how we perceive information better. Infographics make it easier for content marketers to get their message across and it creates a lasting impression.